Olivia: 2 years old

Our Olivia Grace is now 2 years old! We celebrated her birthday on Friday with breakfast at Chick-Fil-A, playtime and pictures at the park, cookies from Central Bakery, a trip to the Greensboro Children's Museum, and a pizza dinner at Mellow Mushroom. It was a fun day with so many memories made!

Olivia is finally somewhat sleeping through the night but she still wakes up occasionally for nighttime snuggles with daddy. She loves her daddy so much! 

She enjoys eating and her favorite foods are spaghetti, pizza, strawberries, yogurt, grapes, and cheese. We also celebrated nursing for two whole years on her birthday! I am so proud of being able to breastfeed her for this long. We are down to only one nursing session per day, right before bed. 

Livi loves playing outside and going to the park. She loves to run, swing, slide, draw with chalk, and play with bubbles.

Lollipops are her favorite treat. She calls them "pop pops" and prefers one over cake or cookies. 

Olivia has the best teacher: her big sister. Julianna has taught Olivia to count up to 13 and how to say her ABCs (not perfectly). She is also teaching her colors and many different songs right now. It's so sweet to see Olivia learning from her. She speaks mostly in phrases and sentences now and seems to learn a new word or pick up on something different every day. We are so proud of her.

Olivia, you are so loving, smart, and super silly! You bring so much joy and happiness to our family! You amaze us everyday with the things you do and say. You love to snuggle but you know how to stand up for yourself. the perfect blend of sugar and spice. We love you so much! Happy second birthday!

Olivia: 12 months

Happy 1st Birthday, Olivia Grace! The past year has flown by but I have loved every single minute of watching this sweet girl grow into a joyful little one year old! Her blue eyes light up any room and her smile is contagious! You can't help but be filled with happiness when you are with her!

She can stand independently for long periods of time and has taken a few steps by herself. She is a fast crawler and loves to climb. This little lady is always on the move and loves to get into everything, particularly toilet paper!

Olivia loves food of all kinds. There isn't much that she won't eat but she's still a nursing champ. 12 months and going strong! I'm so proud of us! We made it a full year!

Her favorite things are her daddy, playing with her big sister, cuddling with mommy, puppies, splashing in the water, dancing to Wheel on the Bus, giving big open mouthed kisses, clapping her hands, and chatting with everyone!

Her first word was definitely "dada" but since then she says mama, nana, and dog dog on a regular basis. She has also gotten really good at mimicking what I say and do.

Olivia weighs 20 lbs. and is 27.5 inches. Average weight and a little on the short side but she definitely doesn't have tall parents so she may just be a petite girl. She is developing right on track. We are so thankful for such a healthy baby girl!

Happy Birthday and I know you can't wait to dive into your first cupcake tonight!

at 6 weeks old

and today on her first birthday!

Julianna: 3rd Birthday

This past weekend, we celebrated Julianna's 3rd birthday. I cannot believe our JuJu is already 3! She's turned into such a beautiful, smart, and spunky little girl and we are so proud of her.

We celebrated on Saturday with a Hello Kitty themed bounce party with our family and friends. Julianna had an amazing time playing and bouncing with her buddies- and daddy did too! We are so blessed to have such great people in our lives!

On Sunday (St. Patrick's Day and Julianna's actual birthday), we went to church in the morning and then headed to the Greensboro Children's Museum for a day of fun. All 4 of us had a blast playing at the museum. There was so much fun, interactice stuff for the kids to do! It was such a cool place to take the little ones!

 

We had such a great weekend celebrating our sweet Julianna Hope! Happy 3rd Birthday!